QUOTE: Originally posted by yardgoat46 Bruce at Litchfield sent this out the other day on his email list..... " SoundTraxx is building sub assemblies and ironing out part numbers and manuals. I expect we will start seeing units soon " I've only been model railroading for months, now. How long have some of you guys been waiting for this? I only have small, switcher type engines. I think I may finally buy a large, quality engine, and install the Tsunami decoder in it, along with some nice speakers. Sounds like a plan for a Cristmas gift to me. If the Tsunami's are really out by then. Lol. I keep staring at that new PCM Reading T1 with sound, though. That baby sure is sweet. Jim
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QUOTE: Originally posted by AntonioFP45 O.K, latest scoop: Barring a possible nuclear terrorist attack (did you all see the news?) , we should be seeing the Tsunami before Fall, 2005. If so, timing would be good as this is when Digitrax's unit hits the market. Lok Sound isn't far behind. According to Beta test results, the Tsunami's sound was clearer than QSI's and the equalizer does make a difference in allowing the adjustment of individual sounds. However, I am looking forward to hear what the Digitrax sound decoders are like. Originally, Digitrax was not planning in developing sound decoders.......and only did so at the persistent urging of Kato management. Goes to show that tenacity can pay off! Lok Sound, while more expensive than Digitrax, offers the advantages in that it has a wider selection of prime mover sounds. Digitrax and Lok Sound offer one option that Soundtraxx chose to leave out: The feature that allows the "uploading" of sound. For guys like me that are picky about locomotive horns, this is nice! In any case, Tsunami is going to have some stiff competition. It's too bad that Soundtraxx couldn't get it on the market a year ago.
QUOTE: Originally posted by AntonioFP45 According to Beta test results, the Tsunami's sound was clearer than QSI's and the equalizer does make a difference in allowing the adjustment of individual sounds.
QUOTE: Originally posted by Texas Zepher QUOTE: Originally posted by AntonioFP45 According to Beta test results, the Tsunami's sound was clearer than QSI's and the equalizer does make a difference in allowing the adjustment of individual sounds. I hope it isn't just clearer (I would have said cleaner) but also can get some lower frequencies. After hanging around the UP 844 the last couple weeks all these new sound units sound like an old fashion transistor radio. Way to high pitched and trying to make up for the quality with volume.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by rrinker QUOTE: Originally posted by Texas Zepher I hope it isn't just clearer (I would have said cleaner) but also can get some lower frequencies. After hanging around the UP 844 the last couple weeks all these new sound units sound like an old fashion transistor radio. Way to high pitched and trying to make up for the quality with volume. Not much you can do about that, not with on-board sound. It's more a speaker limitation than anything.
QUOTE: Originally posted by Texas Zepher I hope it isn't just clearer (I would have said cleaner) but also can get some lower frequencies. After hanging around the UP 844 the last couple weeks all these new sound units sound like an old fashion transistor radio. Way to high pitched and trying to make up for the quality with volume.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by jfugate QUOTE: Originally posted by rrinker QUOTE: Originally posted by Texas Zepher I hope it isn't just clearer (I would have said cleaner) but also can get some lower frequencies. After hanging around the UP 844 the last couple weeks all these new sound units sound like an old fashion transistor radio. Way to high pitched and trying to make up for the quality with volume. Not much you can do about that, not with on-board sound. It's more a speaker limitation than anything. Like Scotty used to say on Star Trek ... "But Cap'n ... I cannah change the laws of physics!" [2c]
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